Ministry Of Defence “Run Out Of Money” Stirling SNP MP, Steven Paterson, called on the Prime Minister to commit to promises made on Clyde ship building. The call comes after a former Head of the Royal Navy, Lord West, made comments to the Defence Committee that the Ministry of […]

We are pleased to be able to present our new MP at Westminster for the Stirling Constituency’s maiden speech at Westminster, made on 1st July 2015 during a debate on equal pay and gender equality. A great speech, he did himself and the Stirling Constituency proud. It has been great to […]

[themify_col grid=”2-1 first”] We have uploaded the FULL speech made by Nicola Sturgeon to the first SNP Trade Union Group Conference today at Stirling University. Some great discussions were had with a great speeches by our own Christina McKelvie MSP and by Cerith Griffiths of Plaid Cymru who travelled all […]

The 2015 General Election campaign and the manifesto commitment by the SNP to scrap Trident, put the issue of the UK’s nuclear weapons system centre stage in the election debate and became a red line issue for the SNP. It also represented a bold position from a mainstream political party in the UK with the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems all committing to renew Trident in the life span of this new Westminster Parliament.

With our great 56 SNP Westminster MP’s settling in to Parliamentary life, each new member has an opportunity to make a Maiden speech. It’s notable how eloquent each of our new Parliamentarians has been, but also how punchy and direct they have been, though Scots wit has been not been absent either. However what’s been truely fantastic is the support #the56 give to their colleagues when one of the group has their maiden speech to hand. Our page lists all the SNP MP’s Maiden Speeches within 24 hours of them happening.

Colonel Mustard, in the Scottish Office, with the Daily Telegraph It’s a bank holiday weekend and in political terms an ideal time to bury news one would rather quietly disappear. For those who missed the news on Friday night, this BBC clip tells you all you need to know. So […]

On Saturday, SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon joined female SNP activists and actor and campaigner Elaine C Smith in Glasgow to launch the SNP’s Women’s Pledge, committing the SNP and its members to delivering policies that promote equality. The pledge commits its signatories to build towards the day when there will […]